Darth Cohan, after all this time presiding over the worst stretch of Warriors basketball in the history of the franchise, is just going to up and quit? He’s going to take the Sarah Palin route, jumping ship simply because people are actually digging deeper these days to see exactly what the hell it is each leader has been doing with everyone’s money?

Sarah Palin wants a TV talk show, Cohan probably would like to go back to owning cable companies. Palin and her husband’s business deals have been explored by Vanity Fair, the NY Times and the entire Alaskan Democratic Party, among others. Cohan has lately been taken to task by such luminaries as Tim Kawakami, Adam Lauridsen, Damon Bruce (when he’s allowed to host his show), a frequent blog-commenter named Chris Cohan and yours truly.

If you’re Cohan, how can you possibly quit now? Surely the Warriors are worth less than they have been in at least a few years, and with the league hardly in fantastic financial straits (especially taking into account today’s announcement that the salary cap and luxury tax will move downward next year and probably in years thereafter), Cohan surely won’t have bidders lining up to overpay.

That’s not the main point, though. How can someone interested enough in his own personal public glory to spend millions on a professional sports franchise quit when the community he resides in despises him most? Doesn’t Cohan want his redemption story, his big comeback?

Is Cohan simply a defeated man, someone who realizes he’s far more adept at suing people and charging installation fees to cable customers than putting together a championship organization?

Or, has a bleak economic future, combined with rumored IRS difficulties, forced Cohan into financial panic mode? We all know the Palins are leaving the Governor’s Igloo due to financial problems and/or desires; perhaps Cohan’s in a situation where he needs to funnel that money he’s currently paying Corey Maggette and Don Nelson (among others) towards a lawyer like Steve Moskowitz, only much more expensive.

We all know Palin’s a quitter, we’re about to find out if Cohan is as well. Let’s cross our fingers.

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Although he'd never admit it, Chris Cohan the owner has to hate that he has someone ripping him incessantly on Warrior-related blogs while using his own name. Disgustingly rich people rarely take criticism well, especially when it's warranted.
In fact, I'd bet he's contemplated suing you for "libelous slander."
If he actually sells the team, "Chris Cohan" the blogger has to take at least a little credit. Hopefully someone will step up and buy the team, like Larry Ellison, Eddie D. or even Barry Zito (check the poll on the upper right side of the page).

How about the Warriors finding a real point guard, focusing on defense and making the playoffs for two seasons in a row? The only thing more surprising would be if the Palins bought the Warriors and installed Trig as the GM.

I'm just chronicling the Epic Suck and BS coming out of his PR Department and braintrust.
I can't imagine someone with his cash and large problems is going to waste his cash and time like LaRussa did and go after a FAN blogger/poster. We'll see.
He can have my student loan debt if he really wants it.

They try their best to "out" me and chase me around the forums but that industry in and of itself from Ridder and the interns only proves us all the more right.
Fitzgerald posting in the forums is the biggest laugher of all.

He won't waste HIS time, but he definitely has sent his PR Department after the bloggers/commenters who dare to question Cohan's plan of action.
And he does have a plan: sell as many tickets as possible without going over the luxury tax or upsetting Don Nelson. Cohan's the anti-Cuban.

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